Heavenly Pearl

  The green-shirted child didn't decline either, looking slightly pleased with himself, he tilted his head and glanced at the companions surrounding him, opening his mouth to sing in a crisp voice:

  Jian Gang 400 is 'Wu Sheng'.

  Bei Tuo 600 is 'martial arts'.

  Hand-pushed 800 respect 'warrior'.

  Lift a thousand catties is 'martial arts'.

  Tripod strikes ten thousand catties, breaking 'innate'.

  Hao Tong 50,000 'Grand Master'.

  100,000 statues of the majestic 'Martial Emperor'.

  De Zhong 200,000 worship 'Wu Sheng'.

  Ling Kong is known as 'Sword Immortal'.

  Zhēn Dào Xiāo Yáo Zūn 'dì xiān'.

  English Translation:

  True Way Carefree Honorable 'Earthly Immortal'.

  "Hmm! Wu Sheng, Wu Tu... Wu Sheng, Jian Xian, isn't this the cultivation level of ancient Chinese martial artists that this green-shirted boy is singing about? Even the attack power in catty is marked out, really vivid! Adding a 'catty' character after these numbers makes it match perfectly."

  A martial artist of the Martial Saint level has an attack power of around 400,000 jin, while a Martial Emperor's is as high as 2 million jin, which is almost 100 tons.

  The "Sword Immortal" who can wield a flying sword is just a legend, no one has ever seen it. The "Earth Immortal" is even more elusive, could this be the cultivation level of the warriors of the "Sun Dynasty"? Item Autumn Water was shocked and muttered in a low voice.

  "Wow! Wow! Xiner's 'Wu Pin Lie' is sung so well!" The other children all applauded, clapped their hands and jumped up and down shouting.

  "Hmm! This is indeed the 'Sun Dynasty' warrior's cultivation level. It seems that the 'Sun Dynasty' is still flourishing in martial arts! Even a few-year-old child knows this."

  Xiang Qiushui thought to herself, "In this ancient country-like society, without guns and cannons, military power is the dominant force, and with fists and clever strategies, one can conquer the world. Military commanders and generals often seem to have a higher status than civil officials."

  "I need to practice more."

  This scene made Xiang Qiushui even more eager to practice "Wash Bone Scripture" as soon as possible.

  After having lunch with his mother, Zhang, Xiang Qiushui rested for half an hour, then suddenly took the key and entered his father Xiang Huaiyi's 'Yi Shu Zhai'.

  This time he prepared to thoroughly clean his father's study in a big sweep, to see if he could find any more secrets related to the 'Sun Dynasty'.

  He actually wanted to find out if there were any legends about 'fairies' in this place.

  Although in modern China, no one has seen a "real immortal", but many people have seen or heard of "fake immortals" in TV dramas, movies, and Qidian YY.

  Isn't China talking about 'cultivators' all along?

  Nor is it known how far modern China is from this inexplicable 'Sun Dynasty', what star system it is in, and what its name is.

  This 'Sun Dynasty' is still in a similar period to ancient China and definitely does not have modern aerospace aircraft and other high-tech products.

  So it's quite difficult to explore the entire planet, even riding a "thousand-mile horse" to tour this "Sun Dynasty" for a while. Judging from the "History of the Sun" I read before, it would take at least several years.

  With my current stupid and fragile body, I would get dizzy from reading a little book, how can I explore those places with towering mountains, steep cliffs, and roaming hyenas, wolves, tigers, and leopards.

  It's estimated that before even leaving the province of Qian, in Fuzhou Prefecture, he would either end up in the belly of a fierce beast or become a meal on the plate of some mountain bandit.

  If you want to return to modern China, forget about the 'space shuttle'. Even if you rely solely on ancient martial arts skills, even if you practice to the highest level of 'Martial Saint', it's impossible to fly, at most you can jump over a hundred meters. It's absolutely impossible to escape this planet.

  The 'fairy sword' that flies with a magic sword is just a legend. Even if you can 'control the sword', you can only fly low in the atmosphere of this planet, like an airplane, and can't break through the atmosphere - useless!

  However!

  Martial arts must be practiced intensively, striving to break through to the 'Pre-Heavenly' level. Only then can one's lifespan increase to over 200 years, and there will be time to think of ways to return to China. If one cannot break through to the 'Pre-Heavenly' level, at most they will live to be 100 years old and then 'kick the bucket', let alone talk about returning to China?

  However!

  As for Ah Diao's 'skeleton' physique wanting to break through to the warrior's 'innate', Xiang Qiushui himself found it hard to convince himself, however, Xiang Qiushui believed that 'the outcome depends on human effort'.

  Because he had already experienced breaking through 'innate' in his previous life, this time it must be broken! His determination was also very great.

  As for returning to Huaxia, I can only take a detour and explore whether it is possible from the perspective of the "cultivators" boasted about in fantasy novels.

  It is said that after the cultivator breaks through the 'Yuanying period', can't they use something called 'interstellar teleportation array'? The ancient great gods can break through the void and move instantly...

  It's probably just an elusive dream - very mysterious!

  The hope is less than one ten-thousandth, and Xiang Qiushui just had a thread of fantasy. In fact, he didn't take it seriously in his heart.

  "Knowing it's wrong but doing it anyway", that kind of foolish thing is something Autumn Water, the "Double PhD" from her past life, would never do...

  "Cherish what's in front of you! Consider returning to China as a fleeting dream!"

  This is Xiang Qiushui's true mindset at present.

  After messing around in his father's study for three months, Xiang Qiushui finally roughly flipped through nearly a hundred thin books.

  Exhausted, her face was sallow and emaciated, with sunken eyes, in a daze...

  If the skin is drier and rougher, it's estimated that it can be compared to an Egyptian pharaoh's 'mummy'.

  "With such a poor foundation, I've been practicing the 'Bone Washing Scripture' for nearly three months now, and it's still the same, without any improvement. Not even a slight 'qi sensation' has appeared. A book that could be completed in just a few days in my past life, but this life has taken a full three months and I'm still on the verge of exhaustion."

  "It can't get any more embarrassing!"

  Xiang Qiushui rubbed her face and massaged her temples, which were throbbing with a headache. Sitting in front of her father's desk, she cursed angrily, "Apart from reading a pile of books that looked like the Four Books and Five Classics, I didn't find any legends about immortals! What a waste of time! I'm so fed up!"

  However! It can't be said that Xiang Qiushui gained nothing.

  At least for now he is more familiar with the political composition of this 'Sun Dynasty', official institutions and so on.

  The 'Sun Dynasty' implemented a 'three trials' system similar to that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in selecting talents, with only slight changes in name - those who passed the 'county trial' became xiucai, those who passed the 'provincial trial' became juren, and those who passed the 'capital trial' entered the 'palace trial' and were awarded jinshi, with the top three being zhuangyuan, bangyan, and tanhua.

  Those who passed were all called 'jinshi'.

  The content of the exam is what he has been working on for three whole months, similar to "Four Books and Five Classics".

  If he were called to participate in the "county exam" now, it should be no problem to become a Xiucai. Who knows, maybe he'll even encounter the "provincial exam" and have a chance at becoming a Juren.

  Xiang Qiushui was loudly scolding 'bad luck', but his mother Zhang Shi Yueying was delighted in her heart and cherished in her eyes. She was happy that Ah Duan, this foolish son of hers, seemed to have been running to the study every day since he 'exploded out' of the coffin.

  It used to be that he went to "play with books", and at the beginning, Zhang thought Xiang Qiushui was still going to "play with books" like before. But a few days later, Yuerong came running back with a flying face and reported that Ah-Dai young master no longer "played with books", but instead seriously read books like a model student.

  Sometimes Zhang saw Xiang Qiushui reading a book, she would silently remember the title of the book, and during meals, pretending to be unintentional, casually testing Xiang Qiushui. Who knew that although Ah-Dai was stiff and hesitant in his speech, he could still roughly outline the general content of the book.

  This is Autumn Water's deliberate arrangement; otherwise, it would be fine if they could respond fluently at once, how can this foolish child pretend then?

  How can Mother Zhang not be delighted!

  What's pitiful is that Ah-Dan has lost a lot of weight in these three months, almost to the point of being skeletal. So, Mother Zhang secretly, every day, squeezes out some money from their not particularly affluent silver coins to stew things like "Lotus Seed Porridge", "Ginseng Soup", and "Lily Chicken Paste"...

  She gave birth to him, and she still hoped that Ah-Dai, who had suddenly changed, could inherit the good tradition of his father Xiang Huai-Yi, at least he should have a title like "Xiucai", let alone "Juren" which she didn't dare to think about.

  Zhang Yueying was a famous beauty in the provincial capital of Qinnan Province, Fuzhou City, and also had a reputation for her musical talents.

  The Zhang family is a prominent and wealthy clan in the provincial capital of Fuzhou, with Zhang Yueying's older brother, Zhang Xinling, currently serving as the prefectural governor of Quanzhou, a high-ranking official of the fourth grade. Being adjacent to the provincial city of Fuzhou also makes him a major figure in the region.

  Who would have thought that her younger sister Zhang Yueying had given birth to a foolish son Ah Diao, and with Xiang Huaiyi gone, every time Zhang Shi Yueying returned home to visit her relatives, she would be met with disdainful glances from some of the proud members of the Zhang clan.

  Zhang Shi Yu'e had also taken Ah Duan back three times, but each time Ah Duan was beaten until his nose was blue and his face was swollen. From then on, Zhang Shi Yu'e rarely returned to her natal home, and even when she did, Ah Duan refused to go again - he was afraid of being beaten.

  She had no choice but to silently hide her tears in her heart.

  Have had dinner.

  Xiang Qiushui sat blankly in front of her father's desk, helplessly indulging in wild thoughts. Holding that "Records of the Sun" and fiddling with it, she always felt like there was something "lacking" in the corner of her eye.

  He then put the book into a wooden box on his desk, and just as he was about to cover it, he felt that "uncomfortable" feeling again. So he calmed down and began to practice the "Bone Washing Classic" passed down by Master Kusen.

  "Non-self and non-form, the wheel of rebirth is quiet and still. The universe is vast and desolate, the cosmos is immense and boundless. Tranquil and empty, the true energy follows from it. The spirit guards within... Locking the heart and binding the will... Concentrating the spirit, refining the essence, gathering the energy at the hundred meetings to enter the heavenly pillar below, rotating to the purple palace, passing through the jade center, entering the breath hole, rotating to the meeting yang to the gushing spring, returning to the gate of origin, the divine peak and the sea of energy gather in the elixir field. The governor vessel rises while the conception vessel descends. The intention guards the elixir field. The small heavenly cycle emits and disperses into the great heavenly cycle. The great heavenly cycle encircles the small heavenly cycle..."

  In the midst of floating and wandering, the great master Sutra's sound is vast and profound, like a divine bell, like the Buddha's voice in the sky, like a sword that stirs the soul... Striking, resonating, shaking, it moves the heart and soul of Xiang Qiu Shui.

  It's strange that this time 'Baihui' and 'Dantian' actually had a subtle and delicate energy sensation.

  "Good! Good! Good!"

  Xiang Qiushui was overjoyed! The first wisp of 'qi sensation' for a martial artist is particularly important, this is the first step in laying the foundation for practicing internal energy, it means that Ah Duan's skull-like body can still be trained to cultivate true internal energy.

  If you've been practicing for two or three years and still don't have any 'qi sensation', then it's likely that your body was not made for internal martial arts by heaven. Commonly known as 'internal power', then give up on this idea! Practicing would be in vain anyway.

  Anyone can practice external kung fu, it's just that those with good 'roots and bones' will achieve more.

  Cultivators need 'spiritual roots', and martial artists entering the door also require good 'bone structure'. This 'bone structure' doesn't mean that you just have to look strong, but rather a kind of intangible 'body bone', 'skin tendons', 'meridians'...

  Being tall and strong doesn't necessarily mean having a good physique.

  Being thin doesn't necessarily mean it's impossible, this kind of 'bone structure' is like 'spirit root', it's destined by heaven.

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